Description
About the Author
Louise Silk has been quilting professionally for over thirty years. In addition to commissions and exhibitions, she teaches quilting classes and workshops and is an artist member of Studio Art Quilt Associates and a life member of the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh. One of her five solo quilt exhibits, called I Was There, Now I Am Here, traveled to four venues around the United States. Her website, www.silkquilt.com, contains a color gallery of this book's projects and many others. Louise Silk is available to speak on the following topics: The Quilting Path: A Guide to Spiritual Discovery through Fabric, Thread and Kabbalah Pieces of Memory Transformation: Reuse of Materials for Meaning and Memory I Was There: Now I'm Here: Self Discovery through Quilting The Sound of a Needle: The Quilt Maker's Voice
Reviews
"Shows you how the art of quilting can become a daily ritual of spiritual and psychological renewal, regardless of your faith." -Quilts with Style "[Shows us how] creativity and the construction process enable a quilt maker to engage in an internal dialogue which can lead to a multitude of intangible personal enrichments and an awareness of the spirituality that is within each of us." -Hilary Morrow Fletcher, project director of Quilt National "A deeply reverent and meaningful guide to the higher dimensions of a widely beloved craft and hobby." -Midwest Book Review "Meanders along a double lane of creative expression and celebration of life. At each stop, readers learn from the artist's own hard-won life lessons and receive inspiration both practical and sublime." -Eleanor Levie, author of American Quiltmaking: 1970-2000 "The simple tools of thread and fabric both cover and reveal a soul. Here oneness with the Divine is not a castle in the air, but a tangible and useable thing, a way of uniting heaven and earth. Quilting is a kind of prayer in action. If you read and use this book, you will find that it is your own soul that is revealed." -Jason Shulman, founder of A Society of Souls and author of The Instruction Manual for Receiving God "A pleasant surprise.... As personal as it is practical.... Fascinating insights.... Fires up the imagination with excellent diagrams and explanations.... Simply divine." -Canadian Jewish News "A compelling invitation to intersect our own spiritual paths with the power of quilting. Deftly shows how we can explore further dimensions of understanding by literally creating whole cloth from the pieces of our stories. Access to unique and meaningful possibilities opened up as I read." -Linda Skolnik, coauthor of The Knitting Way: A Guide to Spiritual Self-Discovery "Impressive." -Reporter (Binghamton, NY)
Book Information
ISBN 9781594732065
Author Louise Silk
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint SkyLight Paths Publishing,US
Publisher Jewish Lights Publishing
Dimensions(mm) 224mm * 172mm * 13mm